Fastening device for shoes



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FASTENING DEVICE FOR SHOES, GLOVES, &c. No. 380,327. Patented Apr. 3, 1888.

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G. F. KRIEGER.

FASTENING DEVICE FOR SHOES, GLOVES, 656. No. 380,327. Patented Apr. 3, 188 8.

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UNITED STATES PATENT GEORGE F. KRIEGER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FASTENING DEVlCE FOR SHOES, GLOVES, 840.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 380,327, dated April 3, 1888.

Application filed August 27, 1887.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. KRIEGER, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Fabric-Fastening Device, of which the follow- My invention relates to fabricfastening de vices, particularly such as are used to fasten shoes about the ankle, gloves about the wrist, &c. I have shown the same as adapted to serve in lieu of shoe lacings or buttons.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a side view of a shoe the flap of which is partially secured by the fastenings. Fig. 2 is a side view of the device. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device. Fig. 4is a view of fabric with a small aperture and eyelet. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view of the invention; Fig. 6, a plan view, with change of position shown in dotted lines.

Like parts are indicated by the same letters in all the figures.

A is a shoe-upper; B, the side, 0 the sole, D the toe, and E the flap, of an ordinary shoe.

F F are the levers of aseries offasteuing devices.

G G are a series of button-holes.

HH are base-plates or securing devices,having each the flat plate, the legs G, whereby it is secured to the leather,the standards G and the pin G, whereby the lever is pivoted to said standards. Each of said standards G has an arc-shaped edge, G.

F is a lever pivoted to said standards by the pin Gflor by a raised portion fitting into cavities.

F isa curved point on the end of the lever, having about the same curve as the edge G.

F F" are spring tips or projections on the rear end of the lever F, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

T is a portion of the fabric having a hole which is just large enough to receive the standards G and which hole is bound by an eyelet, T.

The operation of this part of my device is as follows: The fabric is provided with an eyelet-hole made just the size of the standards, and the rearwardly-projecting spring F of the elbow-lever, when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 4, projects over the fabric and keeps the same from rising on the standards.

Serial No.248,006. (No model.)

The use and operation of my invention are as follows: The securing or base pieces H are secured in proper position on the side of the upper of the shoe, as shown in Fig. 1. Each of these carries pivoted upon the standards G the lever F, which may be pivoted by the pin, as shown in Fig. 3, and which may be provided with the spring-tips F These levers are folded down, as shown in Fig. 3 and as shown in the case of the upper fastening devicesin Fig. 1. When the shoe'flap is to be buttoned or secured, the first lever is raised into the position shown in Fig. 2,where itis passed through the button-hole until the lever reaches the top of the curved end F. The lever is then depressed into the position shown in Fig. 3 and in the lower fastening devices in Fig. 1, whereupon the edge of the button-hole in the flap bears against the outer extremity of the curved inner surface of the tip F, thus pulling on the opposite side of the pivot-pin G, by which means the leverF is forced down against the leather of the shoe, as shown in the lower part of Fig. 1. The standards G bear the principal strain of the leather. When the spring-tips F are applied, they serve also to assist in retaining the lever F in its depressed condition after the shoe has been fastened. This in some cases may be important or necessary. Of course it will be readily seen that my invention may be greatly modified without departing from the spirit thereof, and it may be applied to many, if not all, of the ap pliances where it becomes necessary to secure adjacent fabrics in such manner as to permit of easy and rapid adjustment.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim,and desire to secure by means of Letters Patent of the United States, is as follows:

In a fabric.-fasteniug device, a base adapted to be secured to the fabric, provided with standards thereon,an elbow-lever pivoted near its angle to said standards and provided back of its pivotal point with springs, which, when the lever is depressed, engage the rear of said standards and assist in retaining said lever in its position.

GEORGE F. KRIEGER.

IVitnesses:

FRANCIS W. PARKER, CHAS. S. BURTON. 

